NATIONAL COALITION FORLGBT HEALTH

WHO WE ARE

The Coalition is committed to improving the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals through federal and local advocacy, education, and research. The Coalition addresses the entire LGBT community, including individuals of every sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, and age regardless of disability, income, education, and geography. The Coalition is an initiative of HealthHIV, a national nonprofit focused on health equity.

Deriving its power and legitimacy from its membership and is committed to working on partnerships and consultation with it’s members in carrying out its work

CAPABILITIES

ADVOCACYThe Coalition mobilizes members of LGBT communities to actively change public and private sector policies and perceptions that inhibit health equity. This includes incorporation of LGBT health equity into organizational missions, values and goals.

EDUCATIONThe Coalition has launched the LGBT Health Training and Certificate ProgramTM to provide LGBT health education and CME program for current clinical care providers.

Click here to learn more about the LGBT Health Training and Certificate ProgramTM.

RESEARCHThe Coalition will be conducting the State of LGBT HealthTM survey, which marks first nationwide survey examining the state of LGBT health in the United States from three unique perspectives: consumer, clinical providers, and healthcare system organizations. The survey will be conducted in 2015 with results due early 2016.

MEMBERSHIP

The National Coalition for LGBT Health is dedicated to effecting change by bringing together the rich diversity of the LGBT community at a national level, across gender/gender identity, race/ethnicity, disability, education, income, age, and geography. Our organizational membership includes many of the leading LGBT health centers, local and state health departments, and leaders in LGBT policy in the US. The individual membership includes leading researchers and health care providers who work in HIV/AIDS, biomedical prevention, health disparities in minority communities, mental health in the LGBT community, and other critical areas of medicine and public health.

Click hereor the “Membership” box below to see a list of the Coalition’s members.

The National Coalition for LGBT Health welcomes your interest in membership and looks forward to your participation. If you or your organization would like to join us in the effort to improve LGBT health and well-being, please click here or on the box below to complete the registration form.

We are in the process of updating the membership dues structure and will be updating this information soon.